{"id":464,"date":"2000-03-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-07-28T00:47:37","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2022-10-04T16:22:15","modified_gmt":"2022-10-04T20:22:15","slug":"rapid-hiv-screening-at-the-point-of-care-legal-and-ethical-questions","status":"publish","type":"publication22","link":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/rapid-hiv-screening-at-the-point-of-care-legal-and-ethical-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Rapid HIV Screening at the Point of Care: Legal and Ethical Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2553\" alt=\"Rapid HIV Screening at the Point of Care: Legal and Ethical Questions\" src=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Rapid-Test-ENG.jpg\" width=\"139\" height=\"180\" \/><br \/>\nThe report:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>explains rapid HIV testing technologies;<\/li>\n<li>describes the status of rapid HIV test kits in Canada;<\/li>\n<li>presents an overview of the Canadian regulatory framework applicable to the approval and use of rapid test kits;<\/li>\n<li>provides a comprehensive evaluation of the potential benefits of making rapid HIV testing at the point of care available in Canada;<\/li>\n<li>discusses some of the concerns raised by point-of-care use of rapid HIV screening tests, including potential misuses;<\/li>\n<li>considers how, in light of the potential benefits and the concerns raised, rapid HIV screening tests should be regulated; and<\/li>\n<li>presents conclusions and recommendations regarding the use of rapid tests in Canada, directed to federal and provincial\/territorial policymakers, health-care professionals, professional associations and regulatory bodies of health-care professionals, and those providing HIV testing and counseling and working in the field of public health.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- Rapid HIV Screening at the Point of Care : Legal and Ethical Questions; Richard Elliott; Ralf J\u00fcrgens; rapid testing; point-of-care; test kits; sensitivity; specificity; Food and Drugs Act; Medical Devices Regulations; pregnant; occupational; POC; Hoffmaster; Bill C-244; Blood Samples Act; Canadian Medical Association; CMA; labour; assault; DNA; Criminal Code --><p class=\"download-link-button\"><a class=\"download-link en\" title=\"Rapid HIV Screening at the Point of Care: Legal and Ethical Questions\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/download\/9359\/?tmstv=1777682972\" rel=\"nofollow\">\r\n\tDownload<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"publication_topics":[159],"publication_type":[179],"publication_language":[184,185],"class_list":["post-464","publication22","type-publication22","status-publish","hentry","publication_topics-testing","publication_type-reports","publication_language-english","publication_language-french"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication22\/464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication22"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/publication22"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication22\/464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22319,"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication22\/464\/revisions\/22319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"publication_topics","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication_topics?post=464"},{"taxonomy":"publication_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication_type?post=464"},{"taxonomy":"publication_language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication_language?post=464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}